List of castles in Ireland facts for kids

This article lists castles found across Ireland, including those in Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdom) and the Republic of Ireland. These amazing old buildings are organized by county within their region.

Castles in the Republic of Ireland

County Carlow Castles

• Ballyloughan Castle
  • Location: Bagenalstown
  • Type: Castle
  • Built: 13th century
  • Notes: This ruined castle near Bagenalstown has one of the best gatehouses in Ireland. It was likely built by a Norman lord around 1300. It was later owned by the Kavanghs, Bagenals, and Bruens.
• Ballymoon Castle
  • Location: Muine Bheag
  • Type: Castle
  • Built: 13th century
  • Notes: A Norman castle, possibly unfinished, built by the Carew family between 1290 and 1310. It might have protected the Barrow valley from Irish attackers.
• Carlow Castle
  • Location: Carlow
  • Type: Castle
  • Built: 1209
  • Notes: A once-strong fortress built by William Marshall. It saw many battles, including the Irish Rebellion of 1641 and the Cromwellian conquest. In 1813, someone tried to turn it into a mental hospital, but it partly collapsed and was abandoned. The Office of Public Works took care of it in 1996.
• Huntington Castle
  • Location: Clonegal
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1625
  • Notes: Built by the Esmonde family after Queen Elizabeth I's forces took the area. A part of the family, the Robertsons, still live here, and it's open to the public. It's also known for a shrine to the Egyptian goddess Isis and is said to be haunted.
• Leighlinbridge Castle, or Black Castle of Leighlinbridge
  • Location: Leighlinbridge
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1180, 1181, 1547
  • Notes: Built by Hugh de Lacy to protect a river crossing. It was rebuilt several times after being destroyed by the Cavanaghs and Cromwellian forces.
• Tinnahinch Castle
  • Location: Near Graiguenamanagh
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: Around 1620
  • Notes: Built by James Butler to control a bridge. It was taken from him during the Rebellion of 1641 and burned down in 1700, remaining a ruin.

County Cavan Castles

• Bailieborough Castle
  • Location: Bailieborough
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1613
  • Notes: Also called "Castle House" or "Lisgar House." It was attacked in 1641, sold in 1895, and destroyed by fire in 1918. Though rebuilt, it was later sold for demolition.
• Ballyconnell Castle
  • Location: Ballyconnell
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1620
  • Notes: An early 17th-century castle from the Plantation of Ulster era. It burned down in 1764 and was rebuilt as Ballyconnell House.
• Cabra Castle
  • Location: Carrickmacross
  • Type: Mansion
  • Built: 18th-19th centuries
  • Notes: There are two "Cabra Castles." The first was an O'Reily castle, destroyed by Cromwell. The current castle was rebuilt in 1808 and is now a hotel.
• Saunderson Castle
  • Location: Belturbet
  • Type: Mansion
  • Built: Around 1840
  • Notes: The Saunderson family built this mansion as their home. It was sold in 1977 and again in 1990. Since 1997, Scouting Ireland owns it, and it's open to the public.
• Cloughoughter Castle
  • Location: Belturbet
  • Type: Castle
  • Built: 1233
  • Notes: An old castle, possibly on a crannóg (an artificial island). It was built by the O’Rourkes, Anglo-Normans, and finished by the O'Reilly clan. Cromwellian forces destroyed it in 1653.

County Clare Castles

• An Rath Ringfort
  • Location: Ballyvaughan
  • Type: Ringfort
  • Built: Unknown
  • Notes: An ancient earthen fort in good condition, located in the Burren. It's now an Irish National Monument.
• Ballinalacken Castle
  • Location: Lisdoonvarna
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 15th-16th Centuries
  • Notes: A two-part castle on a limestone hill. It stands on the grounds of an 1840s hotel built for the powerful O'Brien family.
• Ballyhannon Castle, or Castlefergus Castle
  • Location: Quin
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: Around 1490
  • Notes: Built by Hugh and Síoda MacNamara. The MacNamaras lost it to the O’Briens and then during the Rebellion of 1641. It survived Cromwell's conquest and is now a hotel.
• Ballymarkahan Castle
  • Location: Quin
  • Type: Peel tower
  • Built: Around 1430
  • Notes: Built by the MacNamara family. Today, it's a large ruined tower house missing one corner.
• Ballyportry Castle
  • Location: Corofin
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 15th century
  • Notes: A tower house built on the old home of Brian Boru and other O'Briens. The current tower was built in the 1490s. An American architect restored it in the 1960s.
• Boston Castle
  • Location: Boston
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: Unknown
  • Notes: A ruined tower house where Mahon O'Brien and other defenders died in 1586. After they surrendered, the besiegers killed them and partly destroyed the tower.
• Bunratty Castle
  • Location: Bunratty
  • Type: Castle
  • Built: 1425
  • Notes: A popular tourist spot with a long history. It was built on an old Viking settlement and an earlier castle. The MacNamara clan built this one, but the O'Briens later took it. It was seized again during the Irish Confederate Wars. In 1956, it was bought, restored, and opened to the public.
• Caherconnell Stone Fort
  • Location: The Burren
  • Type: Ringfort
  • Built: 10th century
  • Notes: A popular tourist spot in the Burren. Digs show it might be built on an even older, Neolithic or Bronze Age site. It also hosts sheepdog demonstrations.
• Caherminnaun Castle
  • Location: Kilfenora
  • Type: Ruin
  • Built: Not known
  • Notes: A ruin where Murrogh O'Brien died in 1591. By 1839, it was described as "a heap of ruins and rubbish."
• Carrigaholt Castle
  • Location: Carrigaholt
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: Around 1480
  • Notes: A late 15th-century tower house built by the Clare McMahons as their main home. It overlooks the Shannon Estuary and is not open to the public.
• Crine Castle
  • Location: Sixmilebridge
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: Around 1860
  • Notes: A late Georgian style country house built by Capt. Henry Butler. It was demolished in 1955.
• Castlelake House
  • Location: Sixmilebridge
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: Unknown
  • Notes: No specific notes provided in the original text.
• Craggaunowen Castle
  • Location: Quin
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 1550
  • Notes: A typical tower house built by John MacSioda MacNamara. It was taken in the 17th century and left in ruins. It was restored in 1821 and again in 1965.
• Doonagore Castle
  • Location: Doolin
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: Around 1500
  • Notes: A lonely tower house and bawn built by MacTurlough O'Conner. In 1588, a Spanish Armada ship wrecked nearby, and the sheriff hanged 170 stranded Spaniards at the castle. It was later restored and is now a private holiday home.
• Dangan Castle
  • Location: Ballynacally
  • Type: Castle
  • Built: 13th century
  • Notes: Built by Philip de Clare, it was once a strong fortress with a square shape and round towers. The ruins are now a picturesque sight.

County Cork Castles

Castle Donovan

• Aghamarta Castle
• Aghamhaoila Castle
• Ballea Castle
• Ballinacarriga Castle
• Ballincollig Castle
• Ballintotis Castle
• Ballybeg Castle
• Ballyclogh Castle
• Ballyhooly Castle
• Ballymaloe Castle
• Ballynamona Castle
• Ballyrobert Castle
• Barryscourt Castle, a restored castle
• Belvelly Castle
• Ballyva Manor, built in the 1850s by Timothy Hurley
• Blackrock Castle, a restored castle
• Blackwater Castle, a restored castle
• Blarney Castle, a restored castle
• Buttevant Castle
• Carrigacunna Castle
• Carrigadrohid Castle
• Carrigleamleary castle
• Carrignamuck Castle
• Carriganass Castle
• Carrigaphooca Castle
• Carrigboy Castle
• Carrignacurra Castle
• Carrigrohane Castle
• Castle Barrett
• Castle Bernard
• Castle Cooke
• Castle Donovan (Sowagh), ruins that were conserved in 2014
• Castle Downeen
• Castle Eyre
• Castle Freke, ruins being restored
• Castle Harrison (Charleville), destroyed
• Castle Hyde
• Castle Kevin
• Castle Lishen
• Castle Lyons
• Castle Magner
• Castle Mallow, see Mallow Castle
• Castle Mary
• Castle Park
• Castle Pook
• Castle Richard
• Castle Ringaskidy
• Castle Salem
• Castle Townsend
• Castle Warren
• Castle Widenham, see Widenham Castle (Castletown Castle)
• Castle White
• Castle Wrixon
• Castlemahon
• Castlemartyr
• Castleminsters
• Castlesaffron
• Cloghan Castle
• Conna Castle
• Coolmaine Castle, a restored castle once owned by Roy Disney
• Coppingerstown Castle
• Coppingers Court
• Cor Castle
• Creagh Castle
• Cregg Castle
• Crowley Castle
• Davis' Castle
• Desmond Castle, a restored castle
• Dripsey Castle
• Drishane Castle, a restored castle
• Dromagh Castle
• Dromaneen Castle
• Duarrigle Castle
• Dunalong Castle
• Dunasead Castle
• Dunboy Castle
• Dundareirke Castle, castle ruins
• Dunlough Castle, or Three Castles Head
• Dunmahon Castle
• Dunmanus Castle, castle ruins
• Enchicrenagh Castle ruin
• Eustace's Castle
• Garryvoe Castle, tower house ruins
• Glengarriff Castle
• Gortmore Castle
• Ightermurragh Castle, castle ruins
• Kanturk Castle

This gatehouse, leading to Lohort Castle, may have been built when the castle was renovated in the 1740s.

• Kilbolane Castle
• Kilbrittain Castle, a restored castle
• Kilcaskan Castle
• Kilcolman Castle
• Kilkoe castle, also known as Jeremy Irons' castle
• Kilcor Castle
• Kilcrea Castle, castle ruins
• Kilnannan Castle
• Lohort Castle
• Lumbard´s Castle
• Macroom Castle, castle ruins
• Mallow Castle, castle ruins
• Milltown Castle
• Mistletoe Castle
• Mitchelstown Castle, demolished
• Mogeely Castle
• Monanimy Castle
• Monkstown Castle
• Mountlong Castle
• Rathberry Castle ruin
• Ringrone Castle
• Rostellan Castle
• Siddon's Tower
• Tynte's Castle
• Wallstown Castle
• Widenham Castle, a restored castle

County Donegal Castles

• Ballyshannon Castle
• Burt Castle
• Carrickabraghy Castle
• Doe Castle/Caisleán na dTuath, a restored castle
• Donegal Castle, a restored castle
• Drumboe Castle
• Glenveagh Castle, a complete castle
• Monellan Castle
• Mongavlin Castle
• Greencastle, castle ruins
• O'Doherty Castle, castle ruins
• Rahan Castle, castle ruins
• Raphoe Castle, castle ruins

County Dublin Castles

• Archbold's Castle, Dalkey. Still standing, private property, and a national monument.
• Ardgillan Castle, Ardgillan Demesne, Balrothery.
• Artaine Castle, Artaine.
• Ashtown Castle, Phoenix Park.
• Athgoe Castle, Newcastle, still standing.
• Ballyowen Castle, Lucan, ruins built into the Ballyowen Castle Shopping Centre.
• Balrothery Castle, still standing.
• Baymount Castle, Heronstown, Clontarf.
• Belgard Castle, Tallaght, now the HQ of CRH Holdings.
• Bremore Castle, Balbriggan, being repaired.
• Bullock Castle.
• Carrickmines Castle, ruins, buried under a road.
• Castle Bagot, Kilmactalway, Newcastle, still standing, now a health spa.
• Castle Mount, Clogh.
• Castle Park (Castle Perrin), Monkstown, still standing.
• Castleknock Castle.
• Cheeverstown.
• Clonskeagh Castle, Roebuck. A 19th-century building on an older castle site.
• Clontarf Castle, Clontarf. A restored castle, now a hotel.
• Conn Castle, still standing.
• Corr Castle.
• Corrig Castle Dun Laoghaire, demolished.
• Dalkey Castle, Dalkey. Still standing, from the 14th century, a national monument.
• Donabate, still standing.
• Drimnagh Castle, Drimnagh. A restored castle.
• Drumcondra Castle, Richmond. Now a conference centre.
• Dublin Castle, Dublin City. A restored castle.
• Dundrum Castle, Dundrum. Ruins.
• Dunsoghly Castle, a restored castle.
• Howth Castle, Howth.
• Grange, status unknown.
• Irishtown Castle, ruin.
• Kilgobbin Castle, ruin.
• Killiney Castle, Scalpwilliam or Mount Mapas.
• Killininny Castle, Firhouse.
• Kilsallaghan Castle.
• Knocklyne (Knocklyon) Castle, Knocklyon. Still standing, private home.
• Lambay Castle, Lambay Island.
• Lanestown, still standing.
• Lehaunstown or Laughanstown Castle, hidden inside a later manor house.
• Luttrellstown Castle, a restored castle.
• Merrion Castle.
• Malahide Castle, Malahide Demesne. A restored castle.
• Merrion Castle, Merrion.
• Monkstown Castle, Monkstown Castlefarm. Ruin.
• Murphystown, ruins, near a proposed Luas line.
• Nangor Castle, Nangor.
• Portrane castle (Stella's Tower), still standing.
• Puck's Castle, Shankill. Ruin.

Puck's Castle

• Rathfarnham Castle, Rathfarnham Demesne. A restored castle.
• Rathmines Castle, Rathmines West.
• Robswall, still standing.
• Roebuck Castle, Roebuck. Now a hall of residence for UCD.
• Sarsfield Castle, still standing.
• Seatown.
• Shangannagh Castle, ruins.
• Shankill Castle, Shankill. Ruin.
• Simmonscourt Castle, Smotscourt.
• Stillorgan Castle, Stillorgan. An 18th-century house on an older castle site, now part of St John of God hospital.
• Swords Castle, castle ruins, being restored.
• Tallaght Castle, Tower House, part of St. Mary's Priory buildings.
• Templeogue House.
• Thorncastle.
• Tully's Castle, Clondalkin, ruins.
• Tymon Castle, Tymon North. Demolished in the 1970s.
• Williamstown Castle, Williamstown.

County Galway Castles

• Abbeyglen Castle, a restored castle.
• Ardamullivan Castle, a restored castle.
• Athenry Castle, a restored castle.
• Aughnanure Castle, still standing.
• Ballindooley Castle, a restored castle.
• Ballinfad Castle, still standing.
• Ballymore Castle, a restored castle.
• Ballynahinch Castle, still standing.
• Caheradangan Castle, still standing.
• Caherkinmonwee Castle, still standing.
• Cargin Castle, a restored castle.
• Castle Ellen, a restored castle.
• Castle Kirk, castle ruins.
• Castletown Castle, castle ruins.
• Clifden Castle, castle ruins.
• Cloghan Castle, a restored castle.
• Cloonacauneen Castle, a restored castle.
• Corofin Castle, castle ruins.
• Cregg Castle, a restored castle.
• Derryhivenny Castle, castle ruins.
• Dunguaire Castle, a restored castle.
• Dunsandle Castle, a restored castle.
• Eyrecourt Castle, castle ruins.
• Feartagar Castle, castle ruins.
• Fiddaun Castle, castle ruins.
• Garbally Castle, castle ruins.
• Glinsk Castle, castle ruins.
• Hackett Castle, castle ruins.
• Isert Kelly Castle, still standing.
• Kilcolgan Castle, still standing.
• Kylemore Abbey, a Benedictine monastery.
• Lynch's Castle, a restored castle.
• Menlow Castle (also Menlo or Menlough), castle ruins.
• Monivea Castle, castle ruins.
• Moyode Castle, castle ruins.
• Oranmore Castle, a restored castle.
• Portumna Castle, a restored castle.
• Renvyle Castle, castle ruins.
• Thoor Ballylee, W.B. Yeats' former holiday home, now a museum (closed due to flooding).

County Kerry Castles

• Ardea Castle
• Ballybunnion Castle

Ballybunnion Castle

• Ballingarry Castle
• Ballinskelligs Castle
• Ballybunion Castle
• Ballycarbery Castle
• Ballycarty Castle
• Ballyheigue Castle
• Ballymalis Castle
• Ballyseedy Castle, now a hotel.
• Cappanacuss Castle
• Carrigafoyle Castle
• Carrignass Castle
• Castle Sybil
• Castle of the Island
• Derryquin Castle
• Dromore Castle
• Dunbeg Fort
• Dunkerron Castle
• Dunloe Castle
• Gallarus Castle
• Listowel Castle
• Minard Castle
• Parkavonear Castle
• Ross Castle, a restored castle.
• Staigue Fort

County Kildare Castles

• Barberstown Castle, a restored castle.
• Barretstown Castle, a restored castle.
• Carbury Castle, castle ruins.
• Grange Castle, castle ruins.
• Jigginstown Castle (Sigginstown House), castle ruins.
• Kildare Castle, castle ruins.
• Kilkea Castle, a restored castle.
• Kilteel Castle, still standing.
• Leixlip Castle, a restored castle.
• Maynooth Castle, still standing.
• Rathcoffey Castle, castle ruins.
• Reeves Castle, still standing.
• Rheban Castle, castle ruins.
• White's Castle, a restored castle.

County Kilkenny Castles

Kilkenny Castle

Granagh Castle

• Annaghs Castle, castle ruins.
• Ballinlaw Castle, castle ruins.
• Ballybur Castle, a restored castle.
• Ballyragget Castle, castle ruins.
• Burnchurch Castle, still standing.
• Clara Castle, still standing.
• Clomantagh Castle, a restored castle.
• Coolhill Castle, castle ruins.
• Corluddy Castle, castle ruins.
• Currahill Castle, castle ruins.
• Dunkitt Castle, castle ruins.
• Foulksrath Castle, still standing.
• Gorteens Castle, castle ruins.
• Gowran Castle, castle ruins.
• Granagh Castle, castle ruins.
• Kilbline Castle, still standing.
• Kilkenny Castle, a restored castle.
• Kilmurry Castle, castle ruins.
• Maudlin Castle, a restored castle.
• Sandfordscourt Castle, castle ruins.
• Shankill Castle, a restored castle.

County Laois Castles

• Aghmacart Castle, ruins of a tower house.
• Ballaghmore Castle, a restored castle.
• Ballinakill Castle, tower house in Ballinakill village.
• Ballyadams Castle, castle ruins.
• Ballyknocken Castle, a very ruined tower house.
• Castle Durrow, a 19th-century house on the site of an older castle.
• Castlecuffe, ruins of a 17th-century fortified house.
• Castle Fleming, ruins of a fortified house.
• Coolbanagher Castle, a Hall House that collapsed in 2014.
• Clonreher Castle, still standing tower house outside Portlaoise.
• Cullahill Castle, castle ruins.
• Dysart Castle, only a turret of the bawn remains.
• Fermoyle Fortified House, ruins of a fortified house.
• Gortnaclea Castle, castle ruins.
• Grantstown Castle, ruins of a circular tower house.
• Killeany Castle, ruins of a tower house along the River Note.
• Lea Castle, large Norman ruins similar to Carlow Castle.
• Rock of Dunamase, castle ruins.
• Rushall Fortified House, ruins of a 17th-century fortified house.
• Shaen Castle, a fragment of a tower house.
• Strahane Castle, ruins of a tower house.
• Shrule Castle, castle ruins.
• Tinnakill Castle, tower house.
• Clonburren Castle, tower house.

County Leitrim Castles

• Lough Rynn Castle, a restored castle.
• Manorhamilton Castle, a restored castle.
• Parke's Castle, a restored castle.

County Limerick Castles

Askeaton Castle

Castle Matrix near Rathkeale

• Adare Manor
• Askeaton Castle
• Ballygrennan Castle
• Black Castle
• BeaghCastle ruin
• Bourchier's Castle
• Carrigogunnell Castle
• Castle Matrix Rathkeale, restored by Sean O'Driscoll.
• Castle Oliver, also known as Clonodfoy.
• Castle Troy
• Coonagh Castle
• Croom Castle
• Desmond Castle
• Dromore Castle ruin.
• Glin Castle (Old)
• Glin Castle, now a hotel.
• King John's Castle, Limerick City.
• Lisnacullia Castle
• Oola Castle
• Rockstown Castle
• Springfield Castle, available for rent.
• Williamstown Castle

County Longford Castles

• Castle Forbes, a restored castle.
• Moydow Castle, castle ruins.

County Louth Castles

• Ardee Castle, a restored castle.
• Barmeath Castle, a restored castle.
• Castle Bellingham, still standing.
• Castle Roche, castle ruins.
• Castletown Castle, a restored castle.
• Darver Castle, a restored castle.
• Hatch's Castle, still standing.
• King John's Castle, a restored castle.
• Knockabbey Castle, a restored castle.
• The Mint, a restored castle.
• Smarmore Castle, still standing.
• Taaffe Castle, castle ruins.
• Termonfeckin Castle, one of two tower houses, the other was demolished.

County Mayo Castles

• Aghalard Castle, castle ruins.
• Ahena Castle, castle ruins.
• Ashford Castle, now a hotel.
• Belleek Castle, a restored castle.
• Crossmolina Castle, castle ruins.
• Deel Castle, castle ruins.
• Doon Castle, castle ruins.
• Kildavnet Castle, still standing.
• Kinlough Castle, castle ruins.
• Rappa Castle, castle ruins.
• Rockfleet Castle, a restored castle.
• Shrule Castle, castle ruins.
• Turin Castle, a restored castle.
• Dookinella Castle.

County Meath Castles

• The Black Castle, castle ruins.
• Donore Castle, castle ruins.
• Dunsany Castle, a restored castle.
• Lynches Castle (Summerhill), castle ruins.
• Durhamstown Castle, still standing.
• Killeen Castle, a restored castle.
• Skryne Castle, a restored castle.
• Slane Castle, a restored castle.
• Tara, castle ruins.
• Dangan Castle (Summerhill), castle ruins.
• Trim Castle, a restored castle.

County Monaghan Castles

• Castle Leslie.
• Rossmore Castle ruin.
• Hope Castle recently burned down.

County Offaly Castles

Leap Castle

• Ballycowan Castle, castle ruins.
• Birr Castle, a restored castle.
• Blundell Castle, castle ruins.
• Charleville Castle, a restored castle.
• Clara Castle (County Offaly), castle ruins.
• Cloghan Castle, a restored castle.
• Clonmacnoise Castle, castle ruins.
• Clonony Castle, castle ruins.
• Doon Castle, castle ruins.
• Grange Castle, still standing.
• Kinnitty Castle, a restored castle.
• Leap Castle, being restored.
• Sragh Castle, castle ruins.

County Roscommon Castles

• Ballintober Castle, castle ruins.
• Castlecoote, Castlecoote House and castle ruins.
• Donamon Castle, a restored castle.
• Kilronan Castle, a restored castle.
• MacDermott's Castle, Castle Island on Lough Key. Castle ruins.
• Roscommon Castle, castle ruins.
• Rindoon Castle, castle ruins.
• Castle Sampson, castle ruins.

County Sligo Castles

• Ardtermon Castle, a restored castle.
• Ballinafad Castle, castle ruins.
• Ballymote Castle, castle ruins.
• Markree Castle, a restored castle.
• Moygara Castle, castle ruins.
• Roslee Castle, castle ruins.
• Temple House Castle, castle ruins.

County Tipperary Castles

• Annameadle Castle, castle ruins.
• Ardfinnan Castle, still standing.
• Ballyfinboy Castle, castle ruins with a Sheela na gig, near Borrisokane.
• Ballyquirk Castle, castle ruins.
• Ballynahow Castle, still standing.
• Ballysheedy Castle, castle ruins.
• Black Castle, Templemore, castle ruins.
• Black Castle, Thurles, castle ruins.
• Cahir Castle, a restored castle.
• Carrigeen Castle, a restored castle.
• Clonakenny Castle, castle ruins.
• Castle Fogarty, a restored castle.
• Cranagh Castle, still standing.
• Farney Castle, a restored castle.
• Kilcash Castle, castle ruins.
• Killaghy Castle, a restored castle.
• Killahara Castle, a restored castle.
• Knockgraffan, an early ráth.
• Lackeen Castle, a tower house near Lorrha where the Lorrha Missal was found.
• Lisheen Castle, a restored castle.
• Loughmoe Castle, castle ruins.
• Moorstown Castle, castle ruins, between Clonmel and Cahir.
• Nenagh Castle, still standing.
• Ormonde Castle, a Manor House.
• Redwood Castle, Tower House near Lorrha.
• Rock of Cashel, a restored castle.
• Roscrea Castle, still standing.
• Shanbally Castle, demolished.
• Slevoyre House, a restored castle.

County Waterford Castles

• Ballycanvan Castle, castle ruins.
• Ballyclohy Castle, castle ruins.
• Ballyheeny Castle, castle ruins.
• Ballymaclode Castle, castle ruins.
• Barnakile Castle, castle ruins.
• Carrowncashlane Castle, castle ruins.
• Clonea Castle, castle ruins.
• Coolnamuck Castle, castle ruins.
• Crooke Castle, castle ruins.
• Cullen Castle, castle ruins.
• Derrinlaur Castle, castle ruins.
• Dungarvan Castle, a restored castle.
• Dunhill Castle, castle ruins.
• Dunmore East Castle, castle ruins.
• Faithlegg Castle.
• Feddans Castle, castle ruins.
• Fox's Castle, castle ruins.
• Glen Castle, castle ruins.
• Greenan Castle.
• Kilmeaden Castle, castle ruins.
• Kincor Castle, castle ruins.
• Lismore Castle, a restored castle.
• Loughdeheen Castle, castle ruins.
• MacGrath's Castle, castle ruins.
• Mountain Castle, castle ruins.
• Rathgormuck Castle, castle ruins.
• Reginald's Tower, part of the old city walls of Waterford.
• Rockett's Castle, castle ruins.
• Sleady Castle, castle ruins.
• Strancally Castle, castle ruins.
• Waterford Castle, a restored castle, now a hotel.

County Westmeath Castles

• Athlone Castle
  • Location: Athlone
  • Type: Castle
  • Built: 1210
  • Notes: Located on the River Shannon, this castle was built by Bishop John de Gray. It was damaged in the Siege of Athlone and by lightning. It's now a visitor center.
• Ballinlough Castle
  • Location: Clonmellon
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1614
  • Notes: A country house and home of the Nugent O'Reilly family since 1812. The Nugents have kept the estate since it was built.
• Clonyn Castle
  • Location: Delvin
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1639
  • Notes: Built by Richard Nugent, 1st Earl of Westmeath. He burned it to stop Cromwellian forces from taking it. The current building was finished in 1860 and is now owned by the Dillon family.
• Killua Castle
  • Location: Clonmellon
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1780
  • Notes: Sir Benjamin Chapman built this house after tearing down an old Knights Hospitallers castle. It was renovated in the 1810s. It was a ruin until 2004, when restoration began to make it a private home again.
• Knockdrin Castle
  • Location: Mullingar
  • Type: Mansion
  • Built: Around 1815
  • Notes: Sir Richard Levinge commissioned this house. It's believed to have been designed by James Shiel.
• Moydrum Castle
  • Location: Athlone
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: Around 1814
  • Notes: No specific notes provided in the original text.
• Nugent Castle
  • Location: Delvin
  • Type: Keep
  • Built: 1181
  • Notes: No specific notes provided in the original text.
• Portlick Castle
  • Location: Glassan
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: Unknown
  • Notes: No specific notes provided in the original text.
• Rattin Castle
  • Location: Kinnegad
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: Unknown
  • Notes: No specific notes provided in the original text.
• Tullynally Castle
  • Location: Castlepollard
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: Unknown
  • Notes: No specific notes provided in the original text.
• Tyrrellspass Castle
  • Location: Tyrrellspass
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: Around 1411
  • Notes: No specific notes provided in the original text.

County Wexford Castles

• Adamstown Castle - tower house.
• Baldwinstown Castle - castle ruins.
• Ballyteigue Castle - tower house.
• Ballyhack Castle, a restored castle.
• Ballyhealy Castle, a restored Norman castle.
• Bargy Castle, a restored castle.
• Barntown Castle, tower house and castle ruins.
• Clougheast Castle, a restored castle.
• Dungulph Castle, still standing.
• Enniscorthy Castle, a restored castle.
• Ferns Castle, a restored castle.
• Ferrycarrig Castle, castle ruins.
• Johnstown Castle, still standing.
• Mountgarret Castle (New Ross), castle ruins.
• Rathlannon Castle, castle ruins.
• Rathmacknee Castle, castle ruins.
• Sigginstown Castle, castle ruins.
• Slade Castle, castle ruins.
• Tellarought Castle (New Ross), castle ruins.

County Wicklow Castles

• Carnew Castle, Carnew. Tower house ruins, built in the late 16th century.
• Castle Howard Wicklow, still standing, with a 19th-century mansion added.
• Dunganstown Castle, Dunganstown. Remains of a large late-17th century house and early 17th century tower.
• Glenart Castle, Arklow. Still standing, used as a hotel.
• Fassaroe Castle, Bray. Built in 1536, now in ruins.
• Kiltegan Castle, Kiltegan, still standing.
• Kiltimon Castle, Newcastle. Built around 1550, now used as a folly.
• Kindlestown Castle, Delgany. Castle ruins.
• Oldcourt Castle, Bray. Built in 1433, now in ruins.
• Ormonde Castle, Arklow. Castle ruins, built in 1169 on an old Viking site and destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's army.
• Rathdown Castle. Ruined by the 17th century, very little remains.
• Threecastles Castle, Manor Kilbride, Blessington. Mostly intact late 14th/15th-century castle.
• The Black Castle, Wicklow Town (now ruins). Vikings fortified this spot in 834 AD. A castle was built later and attacked and burned twice by the O'Byrne Clan.

Castles in Northern Ireland

County Antrim Castles

• Antrim Castle or Massereene Castle
  • Location: Antrim
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1613–1622
  • Notes: Built by Sir Hugh Clotworthy. It was attacked in 1641 and 1648. It was rebuilt as a Georgian country house and later expanded. It burned down in 1921, possibly due to arson. The ruins were demolished, but the gardens are restored. It's said to be haunted by the "White Lady."
• Ballycastle Castle
  • Location: Ballycastle
  • Type: Demolished
  • Built: 15th century, 1564, 1652
  • Notes: This castle gave Ballycastle its name. The ruins were removed in 1850.
• Ballygally Castle
  • Location: Ballygally
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 1625
  • Notes: James Shaw built this tower house. It was a coastguard station and then a home. Since 1938, it's been a hotel. It's known as one of the most haunted buildings in Ireland.
• Ballylough Castle
  • Location: Bushmills
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 15th century
  • Notes: A home of the MacQuillans, attacked by the O'Donnells in 1544. The ruins were repaired in the 1820s to be a dovecote. Only two walls remain.
• Belfast Castle
  • Location: Belfast
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1870
  • Notes: The first Belfast Castle burned down in 1708. The current house was built by the Marquess of Donegall in the Scottish Baronial style. It's now a public venue for events, restored in the 1980s.
• Carra Castle
  • Location: Cushendun
  • Type: Hall house
  • Built: 14th century
  • Notes: Little is known about this site. It's traditionally believed to be where Shane O'Neill was killed in 1567.
• Carrickfergus Castle
  • Location: Carrickfergus
  • Type: Norman castle
  • Built: 1177
  • Notes: Built by John de Courcy. It was captured by King John and later by the French. It served as a military outpost and prison. Since 1928, it's been a historic monument open to tourists.
• Dunaneeny Castle
  • Location: Ballycastle
  • Type: Ruins
  • Built: 16th Century
  • Notes: Built by Alexander Carragh MacDonnell. It's said to be the birthplace of Sorley Boy MacDonnell. Only the gatehouse foundations are visible today.
• Dunluce Castle
  • Location: Portballintrae
  • Type: Castle
  • Built: 13th century
  • Notes: Built by Richard de Burgh on an older fort site. The MacDonnells later made it their main home. In 1588, a Spanish Armada ship wrecked nearby, and the MacDonnells used its cannons and profits to improve the castle.
• Dunseverick Castle
  • Location: Dunseverick
  • Type: Ruins
  • Built: 9th century
  • Notes: This coastal site was blessed by Saint Patrick and raided by Vikings. It was held by Sorley Boy MacDonnell and later destroyed by a Scottish army in 1641. Only the gatehouse ruins remain.
• Galgorm Castle
  • Location: Ballymena
  • Type: Bawn and Country house
  • Built: Around 1607
  • Notes: A 17th-century country house built within an early 17th-century bawn wall. It was renovated in the 1830s and is still a private home.
• Glenarm Castle
  • Location: Glenarm
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1636
  • Notes: Built on the site of a medieval tower house. The MacDonnells finished it in 1636 and expanded it later. It burned twice but was restored each time. It remains in the MacDonnell family.
• Kinbane Castle
  • Location: Ballycastle
  • Type: Ruins
  • Built: 1547
  • Notes: Built by Colla MacDonnell. It was damaged by English cannons and besieged again. It came into state care in the 1970s.
• Kilwaughter Castle
  • Location: Larne
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1807
  • Notes: The current Georgian style house was commissioned in 1807. It was seized during Second World War and used as a military camp. It's now an empty shell.
• Lissanoure Castle
  • Location: Loughguile
  • Type: Unknown
  • Built: Unknown
  • Notes: A medieval castle was replaced by an 18th-century house, which was later demolished. Only estate buildings remain.
• Olderfleet Castle
  • Location: Larne
  • Type: Tower
  • Built: 16th century
  • Notes: Probably built as a fortified storehouse and watchtower.
• Rathlin Castle or Bruce's Castle
  • Location: Rathlin Island
  • Type: Ruins
  • Built: Unknown
  • Notes: Limited remains of a medieval castle. It's said that Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, stayed here in 1306.
• Red Bay Castle
  • Location: Glenariff
  • Type: Ruins
  • Built: 13th century, 1604
  • Notes: Sir James MacDonnell built a castle here, which was destroyed and rebuilt several times. Cromwell's troops destroyed it in 1652. Only fragments remain.
• Shane's Castle
  • Location: Randalstown
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1345
  • Notes: A major home of the O'Neills. The main house burned down in 1816, leaving the extensions unfinished. The ruins are now open to the public.
• Castle Upton
  • Location: Templepatrick
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1610
  • Notes: Built as a tower house by Sir Robert Norton. It was remodeled and extended in a picturesque style. It was restored in the later 20th century and is still a private home.

County Armagh Castles

• Creevekeeran Castle
  • Location: Keady
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: Unknown
  • Notes: An impressive O'Neill bawn with a moat. Only one tower remains standing.
• Fathom Castle
  • Location: Newry
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1550s
  • Notes: A stronghold of the O'Neill clan, built by Shane O'Neill. It was taken during the Nine Years' War and demolished in 1730 for a canal.
• Gosford Castle
  • Location: Markethill
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1850s
  • Notes: The Acheson family built a Plantation castle, destroyed in 1641. The current castle was designed in a Norman-revival style and finished around 1859. It was sold to the Ministry of Agriculture and later to developers.
• Killeavy Castle
  • Location: Meigh
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1836
  • Notes: Originally a farmhouse, it was expanded into a Gothic revival castle. It fell into disrepair but was sold in 2012 for restoration.
• Lurgan Castle or Brownlow House
  • Location: Lurgan
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1833
  • Notes: A unique mansion built in 1833 in an Elizabethan style. It's now owned by the Lurgan Loyal Orange District Lodge.
• Moyry Castle
  • Location: Jonesborough
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1601
  • Notes: A small tower built by Charles Blount during the Siege of Kinsale to control Moyry Pass and weaken the O'Neills.
• Tandragee Castle, or Tayto Castle.
  • Location: Tandragee
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1837
  • Notes: The O'Hanlon clan built a fortress here in 332, which was burned in 1641. In 1837, Duke George Montagu built the current castle. It now houses the Tayto potato crisp factory.

County Down Castles

• Ardglass Castle
  • Location: Ardglass
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: Late 18th century
  • Notes: Built on top of 15th-century warehouses. It's a manor house built by Lord Charles Fitzgerald around 1790. Since 1911, it's part of the Ardglass Golf Club.
• Audley's Castle
  • Location: Strangford
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 15th century
  • Notes: A 15th-century bawn built by the Audleys. It later became part of the Castle Ward estate. The tower still stands, but the bawn is mostly ruined.
• Bagenal's Castle
  • Location: Newry
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 16th century
  • Notes: English soldier Nicholas Bagenal built this tower house around 1578. It became part of a bakery in 1894. It was restored in 1996 and now houses the Newry and Mourne Museum.
• Bangor Castle
  • Location: Bangor
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1852
  • Notes: Robert Edward Ward built this house to replace an older building. It was the home of Lord Clanmorris. Since 1952, it has been Bangor Town Hall.
• Bright Castle
  • Location: Downpatrick
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 15th–16th centuries
  • Notes: Built in the late 15th or early 16th century. Only the eastern half remains standing.
• Carrowdore Castle
  • Location: Donaghadee
  • Type: Unknown
  • Built: Unknown
  • Notes: No specific notes provided in the original text.
• Castlewellan Castle
  • Location: Castlewellan
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1856
  • Notes: A Scottish baronial castle built by the Annesley family. It's in Castlewellan Forest Park and is now a Christian conference centre.
• Clough Castle
  • Location: Clough
  • Type: Motte-and-bailey
  • Built: 11th century
  • Notes: A small motte and bailey castle built by John de Courcy. It's one of the best-preserved examples in Ireland.
• Cowd Castle or Choud Castle
  • Location: Ardglass
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 15th–16th centuries
  • Notes: A small tower house built as part of a larger structure to protect the area. Much of it was demolished in 1791 for Ardglass Castle.
• Dundrum Castle
  • Location: Dundrum
  • Type: Castle
  • Built: 13th century
  • Notes: Built by John de Courcy to control access to Lecale. It has great views of Dundrum Bay and Mourne Mountains. It was demolished in 1652.
• Greencastle
  • Location: Kilkeel
  • Type: Castle
  • Built: Around 1230
  • Notes: A 15th and 16th-century castle on the site of an older Motte-and-bailey. It was an English garrison for centuries before Cromwellian soldiers destroyed it.
• Hillsborough Castle
  • Location: Hillsborough
  • Type: Georgian Country house
  • Built: 1770s
  • Notes: A Georgian manor house owned by the Queen. It's the official residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Queen in Northern Ireland.
• Jordan's Castle
  • Location: Ardglass
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 15th century
  • Notes: A four-story tower house built by Simon Jordan to defend against the Tyrone Rebellion. In 1911, it was bought, restored, and used to display antiquities to the public.
• King's Castle
  • Location: Ardglass
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 12th century
  • Notes: The largest medieval building in Ardglass, originally built in the 12th century. It was rebuilt in the 19th century and is now a nursing home.
• Kilclief Castle
  • Location: Strangford
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 1412–1443
  • Notes: The oldest known tower in Lecale, built by John Sely, Bishop of Down. It was garrisoned by English soldiers during the Irish Nine Years' War.
• Killyleagh Castle
  • Location: Killyleagh
  • Type: Castle
  • Built: 1180
  • Notes: Designed by architect Sir Charles Lanyon in a Loire Valley style. It's possibly one of the oldest continuously lived-in castles in Ireland. It has played a key role in local history.
• Kirkistown Castle
  • Location: Cloghy
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1622
  • Notes: A three-story tower house and bawn built by Roland Savage. It was abandoned, then renovated in a Gothic style. It was abandoned again but reopened to the public in 2001.
• Mahee Castle
  • Location: Strangford Lough
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 1570
  • Notes: A ruined tower house near Nendrum Monastery on Mahee Isle. It fell into ruin but was partly renovated in 1923.
• Margaret's Castle
  • Location: Ardglass
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 15th century
  • Notes: One of six ruined tower houses built to protect warehouses in Ardglass. It's thought to have been three stories tall.
• Myra Castle
  • Location: Strangford
  • Type: Unknown
  • Built: Unknown
  • Notes: No specific notes provided in the original text.
• Narrow Water Castle
  • Location: Warrenpoint
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1212, 1560s
  • Notes: A famous bawn built in the 1560s on the site of an old Norman keep. It was meant to stop attacks on Newry.
• Portaferry Castle
  • Location: Portaferry
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 16th century
  • Notes: A small tower house built by William Le Savage overlooking the harbor. Its shape has changed little over the years.
• Quintin Castle
  • Location: Portaferry
  • Type: Castle
  • Built: 1184
  • Notes: One of the few Anglo-Norman castles in Ireland still lived in. Built by John de Courcy, it has been added to over the centuries.
• Quoile Castle
  • Location: Downpatrick
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 16th century
  • Notes: A small tower house located near Downpatrick. It was lived in until the late 18th century.
• Sketrick Castle
  • Location: Whiterock
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 12th century
  • Notes: A tower house on Sketrick Island. It was acquired by Sir Robert Savage in the 14th century. A storm in 1896 demolished much of it.
• Stormont Castle
  • Location: Stormont Estate
  • Type: Mansion
  • Built: Mid 19th century
  • Notes: A Scottish baronial mansion that is a main government building in Northern Ireland. It was the official residence for some Prime Ministers and a base for MI5 officers during the Troubles.
• Strangford Castle
  • Location: Strangford
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 15-16th centuries
  • Notes: A still-standing tower house overlooking Strangford. It was used as a set for Winterhold in the TV series Game of Thrones.
• Walshestown Castle
  • Location: Strangford
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: Unknown
  • Notes: No specific notes provided in the original text.
• Castle Ward
  • Location: Strangford
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 1760s
  • Notes: An 18th-century National Trust property overlooking Strangford Lough. It has been the home of the Ward family since around 1570.

County Fermanagh Castles

• Castle Archdale
  • Location: Irvinestown
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1615
  • Notes: John Archdale built this tower house and bawn. It was destroyed twice, in 1641 and 1689, and rebuilt. A mansion was built later but also demolished. The ruins are now in a country park.
• Belle Isle Castle
  • Location: Lisbellaw
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1700
  • Notes: A large estate across eight islands, inhabited since the 12th century. It's been open to the public since 1760 for ceremonies. The Duke of Abercorn now owns it and uses it as a venue.
• Castle Balfour
  • Location: Lisnaskea
  • Type: Castle
  • Built: Around 1620
  • Notes: One of the best-preserved Plantation era castles, though a ruin. It was built by Lord Michael Balfour. It was damaged in 1689 and later burned down. Major conservation work was done in the 1960s and 1990s.
• Castle Caldwell
  • Location: Belleek
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1612–1619
  • Notes: Francis Blennerhassett built a tower house and bawn. It was later remodeled into a country house. It was abandoned and then purchased by the Forest Service. The ruins are now in the forest.
• Castle Coole
  • Location: Enniskillen
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1798
  • Notes: A mansion built as a summer retreat for Armar Lowry-Corry. It's now managed by the National Trust and open to the public.
• Crevenish Castle
  • Location: Kesh
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: Around 1618
  • Notes: A ruined bawn built by Thomas Blennerhassett. It was taken by the Macguires but returned. It was reported as "ruinous" by 1697. About a third of it still stands in a private park.
• Crom Castle
  • Location: Newtownbutler
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1838
  • Notes: A 19th-century Victorian style castle. It was designed by Edward Blore. It burned down three years after completion but was rebuilt and remains the home of the Earl of Erne.
• Old Crom Castle
  • Location: Newtownbutler
  • Type: Plantation castle and bawn
  • Built: 1611
  • Notes: Granted to Michael Balfour. It survived two sieges but was destroyed by fire in 1746. It was later made into a romantic garden. The old castle and parks are now owned by the National Trust.
• Enniskillen Castle
  • Location: Enniskillen
  • Type: Tower house, later a barracks
  • Built: 15th century
  • Notes: Built by the Maguire family. It was attacked and taken by the British crown. It was rebuilt by Sir William Cole. It was a barracks until 1950 and is now a museum open to the public.
• Monea Castle
  • Location: Monea
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1618
  • Notes: A Scots-influenced tower house built by Malcolm Hamilton. It was besieged in 1641 and abandoned after a fire. The ruins are in state care and open to the public.
• Necarne Castle
  • Location: Irvinestown
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1615
  • Notes: A tower house and bawn built by Gerald Lowther. It was rebuilt in 1833. It has been empty since being used as a military hospital in the Second World War.
• Portora Castle
  • Location: Enniskillen
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1613
  • Notes: A tower house and bawn built by Sir William Cole. It was besieged in 1641 and 1688. It decayed after 1764 and was partly destroyed by an explosion and gales.
• Tully Castle
  • Location: Blaney
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1612–1615
  • Notes: Built for Sir John Hume. The house was burned down in 1641 and not reoccupied. A 17th-century garden has been recreated in the courtyard.

County Londonderry Castles

• Bellaghy Castle
  • Location: Bellaghy
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1619
  • Notes: A bawn that became a fortified house built during the Plantation of Ulster on an old ringfort site.
• Coleraine Castle
  • Location: Coleraine
  • Type: Motte and bailey
  • Built: 1248
  • Notes: A Norman-era castle, built on a monastery site and later replaced by an 18th-century manor house.
• Dungiven Castle
  • Location: Dungiven
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1839
  • Notes: The current Gothic-revival castle was built in the 1830s. It was later flats, then almost demolished. It has been restored and is now a hotel.
• Limavady Castle
  • Location: Limavady
  • Type: Tower house
  • Built: 15th century
  • Notes: A stronghold of the O'Cahans. It was besieged in 1542. The castle was demolished in the 1820s.
• Low Rock Castle
  • Location: Portstewart
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1820
  • Notes: A late Georgian style castellated villa. It was demolished in 2001.

County Tyrone Castles

• Altinaghree Castle
  • Location: Donemana
  • Type: Mansion
  • Built: 1860
  • Notes: A ruined castle said to be built by William Ogilby. It was abandoned by the end of the century and fell into disrepair.
• Augher Castle
  • Location: Augher
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1615
  • Notes: A typical Plantation era castle built by Lord Ridgeway. It was destroyed in 1689 and rebuilt. An adjoining mansion was added in 1832.
• Benburb Castle
  • Location: Benburb
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1611
  • Notes: A four-sided Plantation era bawn built by Sir Richard Wingfield. It was taken by Phelim O'Neill. Though dismantled, it was restored and is now a priory and conference center.
• Castlederg Castle, or Derg Castle
  • Location: Castlederg
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1610
  • Notes: The ruins of a rectangular Plantation era bawn built on older O'Neill ruins. It was rebuilt by Sir John Davies. It was besieged and taken by Phelim O'Neill in 1641 and later dismantled.
• Caulfield Castle
  • Location: Castlecaulfield
  • Type: Fortified house
  • Built: 1614
  • Notes: A ruined Plantation era fortified house built by Sir Toby Caulfield on older ruins. It was burned in 1641, rebuilt, and fell into ruin again around 1700. It's now a State Care Historic Monument.
• Dungannon Castle
  • Location: Dungannon
  • Type: Ruin
  • Built: 1305
  • Notes: The ancestral castle of the O'Neill dynasty. It was burned by Hugh O'Neill in 1602. When the Plantation began, Sir Arthur Chichester rebuilt it. It was taken by Felim O'Neill in 1641.
• Harry Avery's Castle
  • Location: Newtownstewart
  • Type: Castle
  • Built: Around 1320
  • Notes: A rare Gaelic castle in Northern Ireland, thought to be built by Henry Aimhréidh O'Neill. It was seized by the English in 1609 and used as a quarry. Its ruins are now a State Care Monument.
• Killymoon Castle
  • Location: Cookstown
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1803
  • Notes: Two castles have stood here. The first burned down in 1801. The second, larger castle was built in a Neo-Gothic style by Col. William Stewart. The estate now has a golf course.
• Mountjoy Castle
  • Location: Brockagh
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1602
  • Notes: A campaign fort built by Lord Mountjoy on the ruins of an O'Neill fortress. It was taken by Turlough O'Neill and later dismantled by Parliament. It's now a State Care Historic Monument.
• Roughan Castle
  • Location: Newmills
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1618
  • Notes: A State Care Historic Monument. It's a Plantation era bawn built by Sir Andrew Stewart. Its lord was captured here during the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
• Roxborough Castle
  • Location: Moy
  • Type: Country house
  • Built: 1738
  • Notes: The castle was remodeled several times. It was burned to the ground by the Irish Republican Army in 1922.
• Stewart Castle
  • Location: Newtownstewart
  • Type: Bawn
  • Built: 1619
  • Notes: A Plantation era English manor built by Sir Robert Newcomen. It was burned twice, first in 1641 and again in 1689. It's now a State Care Historic Monument. A Bronze Age cist was found here in 1999.

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